Do Now: Holocaust Involvement Answer the following in 3-5 complete sentences: Why do you think people involved in the holocaust allowed mass genocide take place? (civilians working or living near concentration camps, SS officers working at camps, railway builders, etc.)
The Holocaust Objective: Analyze actions that allowed the Holocaust to occur & themes in the film Schindler’s List.
The Holocaust The Holocaust was not a historical accident… It occurred because: individuals, organizations, and governments made choices that…. fostered hatred legalized discrimination and ultimately allowed mass murder to occur
How did it happen? Existing Anti-Semitism Isolation The Power of Words The Bystander versus the Collaborator
The Power of Words “The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than a small one” “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think” “The victor will never be asked if he told the truth” “The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew” What do all these quotes have in common?
All Quotes of Adolf Hitler…
Holocaust Involvement Perpetrators: actively involved in the deportation, torture and extermination of Jews and others Examples: Police squads concentration camp guards administrators
Holocaust Involvement Collaborators: People who aided perpetrators Examples: those who informed on Jews' whereabouts administrators in occupied countries railway officials the architects who designed gas chambers
Holocaust Involvement Bystanders: People who were not actively involved in the extermination program but who watched it happen without any attempt at mitigation Examples: Workers near the death camps civilians who watched the roundups of Jews army staff who witnessed actions without protest
Holocaust Involvement Resisters: People who took some action to resist extermination policies Examples: Work stoppages to protest deportations resignation of offices in protest anti-government activity providing food or shelter to victims
Identification Read the list with a partner and identify the type of involvement each person had in the holocaust.
Dr. Mengele